I hear ya, parent and working at a startup too! Hard to find time but it's well worth the rub.
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I fully agree I gotta carve out some time to get set up.
What hardware should I get to run a full node + Lightning? Rn I run a node on a laptop.
Old laptop is great! Usually better hardware than a Pi and gets a battery backup as well 🙂
Just be sure you have enough storage. Would highly recommend running something like RaspiBlitz by @openoms